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  • Two new doctoral students to the Division of History

    Photograph of doctoral students Thorsten and Felicia
    Published Aug 31, 2026

    We are pleased to have two new doctoral students, Thorsten van der Kooij and Felicia Fahlin, starting this past year at the Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment! We look forward ...

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  • Maya Hey, new postdoc at the Division and EHL

    A photograph of postdoc Maya Hey
    Published Aug 31, 2026

    In April we welcomed a new postdoc, Maya Hey, to the Division of History and to the KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory! We are happy for such a great new colleague to join us and we took a chat w...

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  • ‘Industrial memories’: What the history of the Anthropocene can tell us about where we’re headed

    Published Aug 19, 2026

    Rosa Leunbach's piece for Resilience.org sees her in dialogue with professor Sabine Höhler, examining the "scars" of an industrial past and calling for "new memories" of the Anthropocene.

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  • Jonathan Galka wins World History Association’s Dissertation Prize

    Published Aug 17, 2026
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  • Summer School on Time and Sustainability, 2026

    Published Jun 23, 2026
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  • From the printing press to TikTok – technology that shaped democracy

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    Professor Per Högselius with his ‘freedom machine’. Photo: Jon Lindhe, KTH
    Published Jun 09, 2026

    In the coming Swedish election, AI and TikTok may influence the voters. But this is not the first time that new technology has shaped the course of society – for better or for worse – when it comes to...

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  • On Tilted Ground: Paradoxes of Nature Conservation in the Anthropocene

    Published Jun 04, 2026

    Sabine Höhler visits a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in East Germany and reflects on how modern nature conservation seems ever more paradoxical as we become aware of Anthropocene conditions and effects.

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  • Ice Humanities: living, working, and thinking in a melting world

    Published May 26, 2026

    Sverker Sörlin & Klaus Dodds edited book 'Ice humanities: Living, working, and thinking in a melting world' has been reviewed in the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

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  • Jonathan Galka receives Honorable Mention for Jacqueline Carpine-Lancre Prize in Ocean History

    Published May 26, 2026
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  • Ecological Translation symposium in Athens

    Published May 20, 2026
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  • Blog post from Sarah Hamilton on governing groundwater

    Sarah Hamilton
    Published May 18, 2026

    In beginning of May we had the pleasure to invite Sarah Hamilton to hold a lunch seminar co-hosted by the KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory and the KTH Water Centre. Her talk was titled "Governi...

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  • Call for Papers - Baltic Conference on the Environmental Humanities and Social Sciences, Dec 2026

    Published May 08, 2026
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  • Postdoc Tijana Rupcic wins Bader Prize for History of Science

    Published May 06, 2026

    Tijana Rupcic, Post Doctoral Researcher at the Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment, has won the Bader Prize for the History of Science. ​

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  • Podcast recording from talk with Robert Macfarlane and Pella Thiel

    Macfarlane event
    Published Apr 24, 2026

    Last month, author Robert Macfarlane visited Stockholm on the occasion of the release of his book “Is a River Alive?” in Swedish by Oceans Books. We at the KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory host...

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  • New doctoral school on Time & Sustainability: applications open

    Published Apr 13, 2026

    Time and Sustainability Doctoral course in Stockholm and Uppsala. Deadline to apply extended to May 6th!

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  • Sverker Sörlins book Snö reviewed by American Institute of Physics

    Published Mar 31, 2026
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  • A film festival about the impacts of AI: why you should consider joining

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    Published Mar 31, 2026

    This spring, Francesca Larosa, Marie Cure fellow researcher at KTH, is organizing a film festival on AI, urging people to question and discuss what really lies behind it, and how it impacts society an...

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  • Reckoning with the Ocean: The Disconnect Between the Digital Transition and Marine Sustainability

    Published Mar 10, 2026

    A new book chapter from Adam Wickberg and Susanna Lidström identifies a disconnect between the digital transformation affecting all areas of environmental science and policy, including the ocean, and ...

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  • Division Milestone Passed

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    Published Feb 26, 2026
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  • Robert Macfarlane coming to KTH

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    Published Feb 10, 2026

    We are thrilled to welcome acclaimed author and professor Robert Macfarlane to the KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory, who will be talking at KTH on March 12 about his newest book “Is a River Ali...

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